Overview
- Asamoah received the decoration during President Frank-Walter Steinmeier’s Africa visit, with the ceremony held in Accra.
- Steinmeier praised him as a “bridge-builder” between Ghana and Germany and noted his role as an ambassador for the School Without Racism initiative.
- Founded in 2007, the Gerald Asamoah Foundation for Children with Heart Conditions regularly brings German doctors and nurses to Ghana to perform operations.
- The former international was visibly moved, saying he could hardly believe the honor, briefly dropping the certificate and calling the award motivation to continue his work.
- FC Schalke 04 and longtime colleagues sent public congratulations, and Asamoah wrote on Instagram that the recognition means more than he can express.